http://webandrank.com/blog W.A.R. Blog covering any SEO issues, provides daily advice for optimizing your websites and getting better Search Engine rankings in Google, MSN, Bing etc. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:14:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A sweet little plug-in has been developed to alert you every time your personal info is sent to Google servers. The plug-in is called Google Alarm and works via notifications, a running tally of dangerous sites and of course an annoying vuvuzela-like alarm. The plug-in was created by a developer called ... http://webandrank.com/blog/google-alarm/ We are all aware of the ever growing popularity of the Android mobile phone. Research from GfK Retail and Technology indicate that in the UK, Android's share of the mobile market has jumped to 13.2% in the second quarter from only 3% in the first - quite significant me thinks. This ... http://webandrank.com/blog/androids-taking-over-the-uk/ If you don’t have a good domain name you pretty much don’t have anything. The domain name is the first thing potential visitors will know about your website, making it one of the most important factors in making it successful. The best domain name acts as a unique label that defines ... http://webandrank.com/blog/how-to-find-and-buy-the-best-domain-name/ Follow these 10 steps and I promise that you can high ranking the quality of your posts in whatever subject you are writing about. One of the major problems with writing blog posts is that time is working against you, but I suggest a well considered but late article is better ... http://webandrank.com/blog/10-steps-for-creating-high-ranking-blog-posts/ Fwix has launched the beta version of a Local Trend Search tool at search.fwix.com. Fwix is a growing player in the hyperlocal news space, and its new tool allows its users to search for things ‘going on at that place there and then’ at more than 200 English-speaking,Fwix is active ... http://webandrank.com/blog/local-search-engine-service-launched-by-fwix/ Yahoo! has announced on their blog that they have started testing organic/algorithmic and paid search listings from Microsoft (SEARCH ALLIANCE SPECIFIC). The testing will effect up to 25% of Yahoo! Search traffic in the US. Yahoo! does not have any plans to change the overall lay out and look of the ... http://webandrank.com/blog/search-alliance-yahoo-with-microsoft-test/ There seems to be huge ambiguities between Google Analytics, Quantcast, Alexa, Compete and Nielsen. I recently read a very interesting article posted on the reddit blog about this subject, I will summarise it here for you. Reddit have a chunk of Google Analytics JavaScript on every page which means the stats  ... http://webandrank.com/blog/trust-socialmedia-stats-with-our-internet-ranking/ In the last quarter Apple absolutely killed it in sales, more than expected. Shipments of iPad, Mac and iPod were all higher than they had guessed. Here are the figures (products shipped by Apple): . 3.27 million iPads 3.47 million Macs 9.4 million iPods 8.4 million iPhone Apple are happy about the high Mac number as this ... http://webandrank.com/blog/apple-absolutely-killing-it-327-million-ipads-sold-in-june-quarter/ I have been a keen follower of TED since I discovered them at University. My friend recommended to me TED (technology entertainment design) talks, which are 'riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world'. There tag line 'ideas worth spreading' I think sums up the philosophy of this organisation. ... http://webandrank.com/blog/ted-can-change-your-internet-life-100-websites-you-must-see/ Yahoo to make the transition to Bing search results very soon. Do not concern yourself with Yahoo search rankings and the traffic the Yahoo search engine brings to your website. As early as next month, nobody will give a crap about how well you have fooled Yahoo into increasing the rank ... http://webandrank.com/blog/yahoo-traffic-will-disappear-next-month/